AR News Apr 21 2018: Praying While Raping, Bombing to Validate Tweets

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An Australian priest is on trial for 18 counts of sexual assault. During one alleged victim’s recount of the situation, the priest muttered, “please God forgive me” while raping her.

A Canadian naturopath gave a child “rabid dog saliva” to cure him of his symptoms. The child really had a condition called oppositional defiant disorder.

Although Turkey is still labeled as a secular country, it doesn’t behave as such. The conservative Muslims in Turkey don’t like the youth’s rejection of Islam.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has finally removed Maajid Nawaz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali from their website as “anti-Muslim extremists”. Nawaz was planning to sue, but it’s unclear if he will continue now.

Three men planned on bombing a mosque and apartment complex in Kansas to kill Somali immigrants. They have been found guilty and referred to Muslims as “cockroaches”.

While Texas’ law demanding all fetal remains be buried was blocked by a federal judge, it didn’t stop hospitals in Texas from following suit. Seton hospital in Austin, Texas has been practicing this for over a decade.

A child cried to the Pope, asking if his atheist father was in heaven. The Pope gives a lovely dodge to the child’s question.

In Egypt, a new religious law was passed saying it’s illegal to pay for “likes” on Facebook. The reason stated is that it’s seen as fraud.

Saudi women now have the right to ride bicycles. They must still wear their abayas while doing so.

The US bombed Syria last week, and new motives are being questioned. US officials are opening to the idea that Trump followed through with this bombing as to not look bad over his previous tweets.